April 2019
Beginner to intermediate
400 pages
11h 57m
English
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Chapter 15
Practicing Analytical Writing and Sample Essays
IN THIS CHAPTER
Creating a realistic setting for writing your sample essays
Composing an Analyze an Issue essay
Formulating an Analyze an Argument essay
Knowing how to write the essays and actually writing them on the day of the test are two entirely different things. In this chapter, you get the opportunity to put into practice everything in Chapter 14 so you can write high-scoring essays.
In this chapter, I provide two essay questions, one Analyze an Issue and one Analyze an Argument, complete with the directions similar to those you’ll see on the actual GRE. You have 30 minutes to write each essay. Following each essay question, I provide two sample essays (one good and one sort of good) along with evaluator comments.
After writing your practice essay, read the 6-scoring essay and critique as a role model for what your essay should look like. Then, read and critique the 4-scoring essay. See if you can spot the flaws that prevent it from being a 6 — and read the evaluator’s comments to see what you may have missed.
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